South Korean health authorities announced today that 7,022 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed in the 24 hours to midnight yesterday, Thursday, with a total of more than half a million, while another 53 patients succumbed to 19 COID complications. .
The death toll from the new coronavirus pandemic in the Asian country has reached 4,130 dead out of a total of 503,606 infections. The mortality rate remains at 0.82%.
The number of cases decreased slightly from the previous one (7,102), but remained above the limit of 7,000.
The number of critically ill patients decreased from the previous record to 852 (-5 in 24 hours). The health system, however, is under enormous pressure.
Cases of the new OMicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 have reached 63 (+3 in 24 hours), of which 48 are attributed to community transmission.
At the front of the immunization campaign, which began on February 26, 83.5% of the population of 52 million have received the first dose of vaccine, 81.8% have been fully vaccinated, and 10.3% have received a booster dose, according to with the latest data from the Korea Office of Disease Control and Prevention (KDCA).
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